Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

armS are now WllllDg 10 await test
of the virtues of the ballot box, and
many of them are most active in
dissuadiDg their friends from any attempt
at violence. This remarkable change has
been noticed by Lincoln and mis- cabinet,
and l know what write when l assure
France that they are very appreaensive of
the result. You are aware OF the former
! intimacy existing between Judge Black of
Pennsylvania, Stanton and myself. Stan
ton has acted in many respects shame
fully, aud has forfeited much of that re-
spsct which Judge Black formerly enter
tanned for him. Thr-e days ago,
however, Judge Black visited me
in Toronto, delegated by Stanton to do
so. He stated to me that Stanton was
convinced Of the present prospect of Lin
coins overthrow in n Dyember and of the
ut cessity OF something being done which
in that event would allay the eyasperated
state of public feeling at this time. Stan
ton does not believe that anything excep.
determined favored turn in military
affiirs will prevent the defeat of the Re-
publican party at the next election, and
Judge Black has come to me to learn the
state Of feeling in the Confederate
states and to know whether ! was
able to say whether negotiations
for peace could be opened without the
ultinatum of final separation. l am
given to understand that the emperor Of
France had apparently sympathized wi b
us but had utterly failed to offer us aid,
but on the contrary had used US as 8
means to affront the Uuited States before
all the W rid by making President Lin
coin practically republic the cherished
Monroe doctrine, and that we are under
no obligations to the French emperor,
and that England in herself had cast US
off and while her people sympathized
with us Lord Palmerston was
mated If thereby England could
enlarge her cotton fields and increase her
carrying trade. Judge Black has re-
turned to Washington, however, after
promising to communicate with me with
ont further delay Ia the meantime, the
Chicago convention is to be neld next
week, and as the time approaches l think
McClellan's chances for the nomination
as 8 war Democrat are improving. l do
consider, however, no matter who is
elected, that it Is reasonable to believe
that peace may be secured with ut the re-
storation Of the Union as 1t was. 1t is by
no means improbable that the two
sections of the country will unite on
some basis to form Independent govern
ments with the closest possibly alliance,
and if this BE- SO from that date these
nations, feeling their great strength, will
become propsgandists of republicanism
throughout the world, and one of the
first duties will be to expel Macmillan
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Canada. l write at this length for your
consideration. The Confederate states
prefer eternal and complete separation,
but if enlightened and powerful nations
of Europe shall continue to push
US aside we must take care of
ourselves. The governments of Eng
land and France still indiff rently look on
at the carnage aud despoliatiCn sweeping
over the land and make no effort to ar
rest it. Were they to recognize US with
armed interposition the war must be end
ed in twenty days, and it would secure
their rights respectively in Mexico and
Canada; but they must act and act with
out delay. The emperor may be mistaken
in surprising that Lincoln will be elected
in November, and that thus Macmillan
will have four years in which to establish
and confirm his power ia Mexico.
England, too, is mistaken in believing
that the government at Washington would
be angry if she interposed for peace.
The military situation is such that Lin
coin would be relieved by such iGterfer-
ence, and have deemed the considera-
lions Of this nature of sufficient import
snce 10 Justify US in securing the services
of Hon. James =. Holcomb, who is per-
tectly familiar with the present condition
CT affairs, to bear our communications to
you. Our people want 10 know
as early as practicable whether
England ard France will stand
off and see the union Of these states
brought about, at least for all foreign anG
military purposes. 1t will be observed
that in this war the Confederate states
have had to fight all the world; mean
Germany, Switzerland, S Teden and the
Indian territories, they having sent for
ward thousands OF men, uniting them
with our slaves and renegades in great
numbers toward the destruction of our
Peep e: but thank God our armies are in
the besl of shape, buovant and confident.
England and France refuse to sell US
ships, and in addition allow the continu-
ance of the blockade which is cleary
illegal and invites the destruction of our
com cree. Our armies are strong enough
TO meet and repulSe the present organized
federal forces and this is confessed by he
action OF Lincoln in the present draft of
500, 600 more men. These, however, ev n
If raised, will not be able 10 participate in
the fall and winter campaigns. Graut
viii be bound 10 withdraw from in front
of Petersburg. Even if Sherman could
sucGee in capturing Atlanta it is improb-
able that his great army can escape des-
truction in its present perilous posi-
ton. The harbor of Mobile may
be closed, but the city will
not fall. The army west of the MissIs-
sippi has never been so well organized as
now. The determination Of our people
to brave all things, even to the bitter
end, in the defense of what is right has
not abated, but we are weary OF blood
and strife, and if the world casts Us off
we will not continue to struggle merely
for the pleasure of human butchery.
After these matters have been fairly pre-
scented to the courts of England and
France, 1 would be pleased to know what
we may expect from them. and my address
to the government at Richmond will
be modified 0y your reply. Please let
me, therefore, hear from you promptly.
| remain, with great respect, very truly
yours, JACOB THOMPSON.
Oscar Cook Under Arrest.